First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers salary
SOC 41-1011 · BLS OEWS May 2025
What the range looks like
A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.
- 10th
- $33,120
- 25th
- $38,590
- Median
- $48,520
- 75th
- $62,130
- 90th
- $77,080
Getting in
- Typical education to enter
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Related work experience
- Less than 5 years
- On-the-job training
- None
Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.
Where first-line supervisors of retail sales workers earn the most
Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.
The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.
| # | State | Median | Cost of living | Employed | Concentrationvs. national |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington | $60,750 | 107.0 | 27,640 | 1.08× |
| 2 | Rhode Island | $58,570 | 102.3 | 3,880 | 1.07× |
| 3 | District of Columbia | $58,470 | 109.9 | 1,470 | 0.29× |
| 4 | New York | $58,300 | 107.9 | 50,830 | 0.73× |
| 5 | Colorado | $58,200 | 103.1 | 26,390 | 1.27× |
| 6 | Massachusetts | $57,490 | 105.8 | 20,240 | 0.77× |
| 7 | New Jersey | $57,320 | 108.8 | 31,160 | 1.01× |
| 8 | Alaska | $57,080 | 102.4 | 3,030 | 1.29× |
| 9 | South Dakota | $56,680 | 88.6 | 3,660 | 1.11× |
| 10 | Connecticut | $56,510 | 103.6 | 13,910 | 1.14× |
| 11 | Hawaii | $55,850 | 110.0 | 6,580 | 1.45× |
| 12 | Vermont | $55,760 | 98.0 | 2,310 | 1.05× |
| 13 | Delaware | $55,710 | 99.8 | 4,200 | 1.20× |
| 14 | California | $54,870 | 110.7 | 109,180 | 0.83× |
| 15 | Maine | $53,580 | 97.0 | 5,760 | 1.25× |
| 16 | New Hampshire | $51,650 | 104.2 | 6,610 | 1.34× |
| 17 | Oregon | $50,660 | 103.4 | 13,940 | 0.98× |
| 18 | Wisconsin | $49,550 | 94.1 | 17,750 | 0.84× |
| 19 | North Dakota | $49,350 | 89.0 | 2,640 | 0.85× |
| 20 | Montana | $49,300 | 94.6 | 5,830 | 1.58× |
| 21 | Minnesota | $48,770 | 98.6 | 21,530 | 1.01× |
| 22 | Florida | $48,410 | 103.4 | 80,470 | 1.12× |
| 23 | Arizona | $48,010 | 100.7 | 20,260 | 0.87× |
| 24 | Virginia | $47,990 | 101.1 | 32,250 | 1.09× |
| 25 | Illinois | $47,990 | 100.0 | 36,940 | 0.84× |
| 26 | Tennessee | $47,880 | 91.9 | 26,470 | 1.12× |
| 27 | Indiana | $47,790 | 93.3 | 22,090 | 0.96× |
| 28 | South Carolina | $47,770 | 93.7 | 19,390 | 1.17× |
| 29 | North Carolina | $47,760 | 94.3 | 39,890 | 1.12× |
| 30 | Utah | $47,470 | 98.9 | 10,270 | 0.82× |
| 31 | Maryland | $47,000 | 105.0 | 23,080 | 1.16× |
| 32 | Kansas | $46,950 | 90.1 | 9,250 | 0.89× |
| 33 | Nevada | $46,900 | 100.0 | 10,500 | 0.94× |
| 34 | Missouri | $46,860 | 90.8 | 19,160 | 0.90× |
| 35 | Pennsylvania | $46,690 | 97.6 | 40,970 | 0.94× |
| 36 | Iowa | $46,610 | 87.8 | 9,970 | 0.89× |
| 37 | New Mexico | $46,550 | 92.2 | 7,660 | 1.22× |
| 38 | Michigan | $46,430 | 96.2 | 30,750 | 0.97× |
| 39 | Texas | $46,280 | 97.1 | 103,410 | 1.02× |
| 40 | Georgia | $46,150 | 96.3 | 36,900 | 1.05× |
| 41 | Idaho | $46,140 | 95.5 | 7,330 | 1.19× |
| 42 | Wyoming | $45,980 | 92.7 | 3,060 | 1.51× |
| 43 | Mississippi | $45,760 | 87.0 | 13,020 | 1.55× |
| 44 | Ohio | $45,680 | 92.8 | 39,110 | 0.98× |
| 45 | Oklahoma | $45,430 | 87.8 | 15,340 | 1.25× |
| 46 | Nebraska | $45,280 | 90.1 | 7,010 | 0.95× |
| 47 | Alabama | $44,860 | 88.8 | 25,020 | 1.64× |
| 48 | Louisiana | $43,860 | 88.2 | 16,910 | 1.21× |
| 49 | Kentucky | $40,080 | 90.2 | 18,290 | 1.27× |
| 50 | West Virginia | $39,740 | 89.5 | 7,420 | 1.47× |
| 51 | Arkansas | $36,950 | 86.9 | 11,050 | 1.17× |
Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where first-line supervisors of retail sales workers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.
Best paying metro areas for first-line supervisors of retail sales workers
The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.
The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.
| # | Metro area | Median | Cost of living | Employed | Concentrationvs. national |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $62,170 | 111.1 | 15,250 | 1.01× |
| 2 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $61,710 | 110.4 | 4,810 | 0.59× |
| 3 | Boulder, CO | $60,530 | 105.2 | 1,590 | 1.15× |
| 4 | Longview-Kelso, WA | $59,980 | 97.5 | 380 | 1.28× |
| 5 | Fairbanks-College, AK | $59,660 | 103.2 | 400 | 1.54× |
| 6 | Kahului-Wailuku, HI | $59,420 | 109.4 | 990 | 1.86× |
| 7 | Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | $59,110 | 105.6 | 850 | 1.25× |
| 8 | Kennewick-Richland, WA | $59,100 | 100.1 | 1,090 | 1.16× |
| 9 | Yakima, WA | $59,100 | 95.5 | 810 | 1.16× |
| 10 | Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $59,100 | 105.8 | 12,580 | 1.08× |
| 11 | Napa, CA | $59,060 | 112.6 | 550 | 0.98× |
| 12 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $58,950 | 115.6 | 12,120 | 0.71× |
| 13 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $58,930 | 112.6 | 52,270 | 0.76× |
| 14 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $58,850 | 108.3 | 14,900 | 0.76× |
| 15 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $58,820 | 106.9 | 3,700 | 1.27× |
| 16 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $58,190 | 107.8 | 1,630 | 1.10× |
| 17 | Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA | $58,110 | 103.9 | 480 | 1.30× |
| 18 | Burlington-South Burlington, VT | $58,050 | 100.9 | 790 | 0.91× |
| 19 | New Haven, CT | $57,900 | 104.6 | 2,110 | 1.04× |
| 20 | Sioux Falls, SD-MN | $57,840 | 90.6 | 1,340 | 1.04× |
| 21 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $57,680 | 101.8 | 5,640 | 1.09× |
| 22 | Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | $57,620 | 102.4 | 480 | 1.27× |
| 23 | Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | $57,580 | 103.7 | 920 | 0.98× |
| 24 | Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | $57,320 | 109.4 | 1,930 | 1.00× |
| 25 | Anchorage, AK | $57,310 | 105.4 | 1,680 | 1.32× |
| 26 | Kingston, NY | $57,180 | 100.7 | 450 | 1.05× |
| 27 | Bellingham, WA | $57,150 | 103.3 | 920 | 1.40× |
| 28 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $57,150 | 105.4 | 7,970 | 0.91× |
| 29 | Greeley, CO | $56,730 | 100.2 | 1,070 | 1.24× |
| 30 | Amherst Town-Northampton, MA | $56,630 | 100.2 | 440 | 0.93× |
| 31 | Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | $56,550 | 101.1 | 1,800 | 1.47× |
| 32 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $56,470 | 99.6 | 3,010 | 0.93× |
| 33 | Rapid City, SD | $56,330 | 89.2 | 670 | 1.26× |
| 34 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $56,300 | 111.9 | 9,780 | 0.88× |
| 35 | Vallejo, CA | $56,150 | 108.5 | 1,210 | 1.16× |
| 36 | Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $55,910 | 103.2 | 1,350 | 0.78× |
| 37 | Portland-South Portland, ME | $55,550 | 101.9 | 2,610 | 1.25× |
| 38 | Waterbury-Shelton, CT | $55,450 | 99.8 | 1,330 | 1.15× |
| 39 | Urban Honolulu, HI | $55,410 | 111.0 | 4,150 | 1.29× |
| 40 | Salinas, CA | $55,380 | 109.0 | 1,190 | 0.88× |
Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where first-line supervisors of retail sales workers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.
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